Reduction and Loss of an Ice Shelf in Elizabeth City State University Bay, Antarctica: 1972 - 2003

• Main Authors: Hayden, Linda Bailey, NC DOCKS at Elizabeth City State University
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Amundsen Sea; Island Bay; Pine Island Bay; Amundsen Bay; Elizabeth City State University Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Pine Island
• Online Access: http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/ecsu/f/Hayden-Reduction-Ice_2013.pdf

Gradual reduction of a small ice shelf in the Pine Island Bay area is measured using eleven Landsat images spanning 1972 to 2003. Measurements of Ice shelf area indicate that it expanded slightly during the first two decades of observations from approximately 6.19 km2 measured on December 7, 1972, t...